man/binfmt.d.xml

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  22 <refentry id="binfmt.d" conditional='ENABLE_BINFMT'
  23           xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
  24
  25         <refentryinfo>
  26                 <title>binfmt.d</title>
  27                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  28
  29                 <authorgroup>
  30                         <author>
  31                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  32                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  33                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  34                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  35                         </author>
  36                 </authorgroup>
  37         </refentryinfo>
  38
  39         <refmeta>
  40                 <refentrytitle>binfmt.d</refentrytitle>
  41                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  42         </refmeta>
  43
  44         <refnamediv>
  45                 <refname>binfmt.d</refname>
  46                 <refpurpose>Configure additional binary formats for
  47                 executables at boot</refpurpose>
  48         </refnamediv>
  49
  50         <refsynopsisdiv>
  51                 <para><filename>/etc/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
  52                 <para><filename>/run/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
  53                 <para><filename>/usr/lib/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
  54         </refsynopsisdiv>
  55
  56         <refsect1>
  57                 <title>Description</title>
  58
  59                 <para>At boot,
  60                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  61                 reads configuration files from the above directories
  62                 to register in the kernel additional binary
  63                 formats for executables.</para>
  64         </refsect1>
  65
  66         <refsect1>
  67                 <title>Configuration Format</title>
  68
  69                 <para>Each file contains a list of binfmt_misc kernel
  70                 binary format rules. Consult <ulink
  71                 url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt">binfmt_misc.txt</ulink>
  72                 for more information on registration of additional
  73                 binary formats and how to write rules.</para>
  74
  75                 <para>Empty lines and lines beginning with ; and # are
  76                 ignored. Note that this means you may not use ; and #
  77                 as delimiter in binary format rules.</para>
  78         </refsect1>
  79
  80         <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="confd" />
  81
  82         <refsect1>
  83                 <title>Example</title>
  84                 <example>
  85                         <title>/etc/binfmt.d/wine.conf example:</title>
  86
  87                         <programlisting># Start WINE on Windows executables
  88 :DOSWin:M::MZ::/usr/bin/wine:</programlisting>
  89                 </example>
  90         </refsect1>
  91
  92         <refsect1>
  93                 <title>See Also</title>
  94                 <para>
  95                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  96                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  97                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
  98                         <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>wine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  99                 </para>
 100         </refsect1>
 101
 102 </refentry>